#Objections

Jonathan Allen

jallen1985

Great question! In Donna's hypo: The worker may be disqualified from benefits at any of a half-dozen levels of review of her claim, and The worker's benefits will be interrupted

Tomas Hirst

tomashirstecon

Another thing that makes me nervous about the sudden acceptance to end the furlough scheme is that btw the UK government's handling of COVID and Brexit negotiations idea that enough

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

RevDrBarber

Love them. Pray for them. But don't stay stuck in the past with them. It's time for America to stop asking Trump to be magnanimous. He will have to confess

Brian Kalt

ProfBrianKalt

I checked the data on previous Supreme Court vacancies near an election. Here's what I found:Latest vacancy filled before the election: June 10, filled July 24. This was exceptional, though:

Vedic Wisdom...ॐ

VedicWisdom1

Some more objections by Author of that article in The Pritnt. I will answer each and every one of them here.https://twitter.com/ujaanghosh/status/1257474451886813185 First point he raised is about Suchismitam and he

Steve Vladeck

steve_vladeck

1. Given all of the chatter on D.C. statehood, I thought I'd post a few quick points about what the Constitution does—and, more importantly, *doesn't*—say about the location and size

STAY AT HOME YOU MUPPETS

ianeditz

Over the past few days, I've been thinking a lot about language and it's very difficult, especially when there is an uncomfortable reality behind it. I'm guilty of saying my

Kabeer Dawani

dkab91

.@RehRafay and I write about social protection in Pakistan in light of the pandemic. A short summary and some additional thoughts follow in the thread below. 1/9https://www.dawn.com/news/1559124/rethinking-pakistans-welfare-systems-after-co

Noah Rothman

NoahCRothman

This is exactly what Republicans who objected to this provision said would happen and they were savaged for it. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/04/20/restaurant-bailout-unemployment-coronavirus-197326 https://www.google.co

free to fic (foff)

freetofic

(1/?) this is *also* why many anti-shippers conclude that nuanced arguments are 'just made-up excuses for predators/rapists/[csa offenders/csem]' (also bc nuance is boring, hard, and scary)https://twitter.com/freetofic/status/127345

Angus Johnston

studentactivism

Wow. The Teddy Roosevelt statue outside the main entrance to the American Museum of Natural History is coming down—at the AMNH's request.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/arts/design/roosevelt-statue-to-be-removed-from-museum-of-natu

RealMarkNewton

NewtonMark

Regarding privacy design, contact tracing apps, and trade-offs: /1 It is POSSIBLE to design a contact tracing app which maintains all contacts in encrypted storage on the phone, and

alexandria | let’s go home 🦋

mimanchiandrea

GREY’S ANATOMY ISN’T AS DIVERSE AS IT CLAIMS TO BE LET’S DISCUSS:Writers, producers, and actors on the show have always taken pride in how diverse their cast is. When the

Vedic Wisdom...ॐ

VedicWisdom1

Subhadra and Arjuna (refutation of an article by The Print)The Print recently published and article about Subhadra, let's analyze it one point at a time. They say Subhadra's "Painful story

Dr. Erik Wade

erik_kaars

For Pride Month, I present a thread of homoerotic medieval depictions of the sign Gemini.[TW: there will be medieval images of erections down thread; yes, really](Morgan Library, MS M101, f.

Nathan H. Lents

nathanlents

Something I have heard WAY TOO OFTEN from otherwise smart/thoughtful people: "What about all the harm to mental and physical health by saying home/alone this much?" Y’all need to STOP